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The Cold War The Marshall Plan & The Berlin Airlift

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1 The Cold War The Marshall Plan & The Berlin Airlift

2 The Marshall Plan Created to help rebuild Europe, it was a
program of economic recovery financed by the USA Why was it needed? Europe was virtually destroyed & needed outside assistance American policymakers determined not to repeat WWI mistakes U.S would help restore the war-torn nations so they could create stable democracies & economies

3 Europe received nearly $13 billion Initially started with shipments of food, staples, fuel and machinery from the United States. Later came investments in industrial capacities.

4 The Marshall Plan: 2 Objectives
Stop the growth of Communist parties in Western Europe Create Capitalist markets in Western Europe to sell American goods Result = Economies were rebuilt quickly; USA gained allies & strong trading partners in Europe Marshall Plan Video

5 The Berlin Airlift City of Berlin is divided & an island in Communist East Germany Stalin blocked allied access to West Berlin in June 1948 All shipments of food & supplies to West Berlin were banned Truman needed to keep West Berlin free & avoid a military conflict & open transportation

6 Political Cartoon -from 1948

7 The Berlin Airlift Allies (-Soviet Russia) airlifted supplies into West Berlin for 15 months By May 1949 Stalin gave up & ended the blockade


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